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Life in the Edge
Written by Nate Dunlevy   
Tuesday, 25 August 2009 08:05

Hooray and huzzah for Edgerrin James. He's got a job for this season, signing with the Seahawks.  This is wonderful news for a couple of reasons:

1.  It means Edge is coming back to Indianapolis.  I fully expect him to receive nothing but the very warmest of welcomes from the faithful at the Luke.  Edge is a Colt forever, and I'm sure the fans will greet him happily.

2.  It means Edge has a serious chance to boost his Hall of Fame resume.  Edge needs 618 yards rushing to pass Allen, Faulk, Brown and Dorsett on the all time list.  He's just 1541 out of the top five all time.  Obviously, he won't get that this year, but if he grinds out two seasons he could.  In the HoF for football, players don't "go in as" members of one team or another.  Still, if he should make it to Canton, there will be a sea of blue and white supporters there for him.

While Edge has been gone long enough that we can be happy for him to return, there is still no word on Marvin Harrison.  Other than the quickly squelched rumor about the Titans recently, there has been little movement on the Marv Watch.  Now would be the time that he would sign if it's going to happen.  Training camps have ended, and if he doesn't sign soon, he's unlikely too.  Perhaps if a contender has a serious injury at WR, he could sign during the season, but it would be unlikely that he could have much impact.

I wish Harrison the best, and I could have lived with him playing in Philly (just like the only other team I could ever be ok with Manning playing for is New Orleans), but the longer this goes on, the more I hope Marv retires having only worn blue and white.

UPDATE:  Of course no sooner do I post this than PFT begins anew the speculation that the Titans might be interseted in Harrison.  There is no evidence for the claim other than the Titans have injuries.

With Washington on the shelf and wideout Chris Davis cut by the team after being arrested for DUI last week, maybe the Titans will renew the dialogue with Marvin Harrison that Fisher denies ever occurred.

I seriously hope this doesn't happen.

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Bob in Seattle
written by Doug England, August 25, 2009
I'm guessing that was you that made "Ask Vic" yesterday. Nice. And he even gave you a really funny answer.

I've tried to get included several times, but for some strange reason my question of "How does it feel to have slept with both Tom Brady and Big Ben" has gone unanswered.
Yeah, was that you Bob?
written by DZ, August 25, 2009
Vic with some wit.
It was not me
written by Bob M, August 25, 2009
But now I have to check Vic out to see what you're looking at. Maybe I have a lost twin somewhere (which would explain my missing car keys).

RE Manning in New Orleans, I have never even thought of him in any other uniform, but in light of his dad's career there... that would be kind of cool. Not that I hope to ever see it.
Hey, Vic has a sense of humor!
written by Bob M, August 25, 2009
It was an okay list.
@Doug England
written by coltsfanawalt, August 26, 2009
Wonder why he hasn't answered such a straight forward question. Must have been a pretty bad experience to bury it like that and all.

Hey, Bob, about those car keys...
What is your reaction to this?
written by Colts Girl, August 26, 2009
I just picked this up from Yahoo Sports:

"...there is a perception that Harrison had an attitude problem. Cleverly hidden for years behind Harrison’s Garbo routine is that he and quarterback Peyton Manning(notes) didn’t get along, which could be the fault of either player. However, there is a memorable exchange that an opposing coach once had with Harrison before a game in 2006. When the coach noticed that Harrison was catching punts in warmups, he walked over to Harrison to ask what was going on.

“Marvin smiled a little, just a little, and then said, serious as a heart attack, ‘It’s the only way to get the ball around here,’” the coach said of a player who set an NFL record with 143 grabs in 2002 but was limited to just 80 the past two seasons."

Am I way out of the loop? I was not aware that there were bad feelings between 18 and 88. And I didn't realize that Marvin ever talked to anyone not on his own team's coaching staff on the sidelines...
...
written by DZ, August 26, 2009
My response is here:

http://18to88.com/links/archives/88-gets-jobbed.html

BBS covered it well. Basically, the quote is BS. Peyton, Tony, everyone said that 88 wanted the ball all the time. So what? That's what it means to be a #1 WR in the NFL. One comment 3 years ago does not equal a bad attitude.

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